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Great book. Fills in the gap between Episodes V and VI perfectly.
wayyy too short for a comic converted from a novel.Added some additional clarifications and additions which were nice I guess
Moves too fast as it hits just the most important plot points of the novel, often in only a page or two before moving on rapidly to something else, though I did like the additional focus on Boba Fett's journey that's left out of the novel.
I really liked the novel of this story and I loved the game on N64 (I caught myself humming some of the music from the game while I was reading), so I was pretty disappointed to be disappointed in the comic. I am new to reading comics/graphic novels, so maybe my expectations aren't where they are supposed to be. I thought much of the artwork was really cool, but on occasion I had a hard time figuring out what happened in a certain scene. Sometimes I felt like the artwork was at fault, othertimes...
Great fill in between episodes 5 and 6. Shows Luke filling out his skillset.
It was fun to revisit this series. Lots of over the top moments and loved seeing Prince Xizor
Oh boy, here we go again.I couldn’t help myself. Really. I’m not sure why the spirit moved me, I just had to reread Shadows of the Empire.And just as before, I just got more of the same shit. Right off the bat, I was continually surprised by just how goddamn redundant Shadows of the Empire really is. Unless you’re into chugging George Lucas’ commercial piss on tap, the essential unimportance of this interquel is just so jarringly irritating. At its very best, its just going through the motions,...
Hard to follow without having read the novel. The Boba Fett subplot should have been its own miniseries!
Takes place between Episodes 5 and 6. Its out of the Marvel Star Wars Legends. I might have enjoyed it more if I knew more of the back story from this time in the comic time line. I did however enjoy them giving a more human side to Vader.
Picked this up because I grew up playing Shadows of the Empire on N64. Pretty cheesy, full of scenes where Boba Fett just talks to himself or Frozen Han (so, basically to himself). And I honestly didn't enjoy Xizor as a character that much. The art bumped this up from a 2 to a 3. I'd be curious to read the novel version at some point.
I was not expecting it to reach the depth of the novel it is based on, but it did not expect it to be so light. However, it did have one extra thing in it, not found in the book.To begin Shadows of the Empire takes place between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. When it was first released it was part of a giant marketing event. There was the novel, the comics, a soundtrack, a video game, and figures. From my memory it was supposed to be all timed together, but did not work out that way...
A serviceable visual counterpart to the novel. The main story is rushed (it had to be), and a few original elements are introduced. First is the bounty hunter plot, a back and forth between Fett and rivals over who delivers Solo. Those pages felt pretty typical and might have been better spent on the main story. The other new element is Jix's character, who I found more a bit more enjoyable, and oddly akin to a male Aphra with the similar outfit and dealings with Vader.An okay comic of a great s...
The game which barely tells a comprehensible story is somehow the best version of this event. The comic is better than the novel but feels incomplete without the novel to fill in its many gaps.
I really enjoyed this book. It's the second I've read from the Star Wars universe. It takes place between The Empire strikes back and return of the Jedi. So, there's characters from the movies, and some new ones. I enjoyed getting to know Luke, Leia and Darth Vader more. Although, I was a little annoyed at Leia at one part of the book - I kept thinking, aren't you smarter than this?One thing I enjoyed about this book is that there really is an element of danger. Because this happens between two
Not the best Star Wars story I have read. Not the crappiest either.It did all the motions you would expect the characters you love to do, but that really isn't enough for a great story, is it?Rushed clumsy art also.But still, there were bits that were good.
EU Comics #4Read the novel and play the game instead - this comic was disjointed and didn't convey the story well.At least I got to see Xizor seduce Leia in full colour glory. /s
I thought the art was decent, I think the period between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is interesting and there were some new and existing characters that were apparently developed a bit between the films but...it's just okay. I hope the book is more impressive because this was just kind of sloppy and confusing storytelling and the dialogue was...oof...shlocky.
Started out incredibly slow. Picked up enough near the end to earn a third star.
To me this is an essential part of the Star Wars timeline perfectly filling in the time between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi not a trilogy or two books could take place in this short space of time only one book or in this case graphic novel. I first knew about Shadows of The Empire because of the Nintendo 64 game it was a damn good game in my opinion but differes to the story in regard to IG-88. I could be giving this 5 stars due to the tinted view of nostalgia but all Star War...
Substandard art paired with an overview of the Shadows plot that doesn’t do justice to the characters involved.
